| ESSEX RESERVOIR Land at West Hangingfield is cleared to make way for a reservoir. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7176 |
| Catalog #: | 103598 | |
| Clip Number: | 103598-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 524 | |
| Timecode: | 01:22:13 - 01:26:14 | |
| Location: | West Hangingfield, Essex. | |
| Year Shot: | 1954 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Earth Movers CONSTRUCTION: Equipment CONSTRUCTION: Reservoirs & Waterworks DEMOLITION: Misc FARMING: Grain, Wheat LAW: Evictions LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Essex | |
| Description: | ESSEX RESERVOIR Land at West Hangingfield is cleared to make way for a reservoir. West Hangingfield, Essex. LS Road sign with roadway barracked off. CU Sign reading Diversion. LS House. MS Camera panning up house to windows (No curtains) MS Interior Camera pans from windows to fireplace. MS Interior front door swinging. LS Another house. MS House showing windows pulled from brickwork. MS Men pulling roof down. LS Men cutting through tree branches. MS Men chopping tree trunk. MS People carrying furniture from house to lorry. & MS MS Little girl picking up her doll from chair outside house. MS Family carrying their possessions to lorry. CU Dog watching. Camera pans from house to landscape. Camera panning over landscape showing where the new reservoir will be. Camera pans from ground up to giant tractor as it smooths out ground. & MS MS Men digging by pipeline. Camera pans down along trench with wooden scaffolding to keep earth from falling in. Camera stops on two men digging below. MS Men stamping in mud. CU Men stamping in mud & CU LS Bucket lift machine. MS Camera following bucket lift as it goes round and round. CU Very large bucket going round filled with shingle. It stops and empties shingle LS Large machinery mixing cement. Camera panning over sight that is being prepared for reservoir. MS Tractors. MS Very large tractor passing by cornfield. MS Man in wheatfield. MS Man breaking wheat into his hands. CU Man looking. MS Very large tractor passing by Wheatfield LS Camera panning over deserted stables. MS Farmer going into cow pen and letting them out. MS Geese waddling along road. LS Old mansion. & LS Camera panning over old mansion. CU Sign reading 'Tresspassers will be prosecuted' | |
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